the colors fall so gently,
priestess of Amaterasu gathers kami
shrine covered in autumn.
Author notes
"This is a great form of poetry that flows from my thoughts, though the picture I see is greater, I have summed it all up beautifully in such short verse."
- Man'yōshū (万葉集, man'yōshū?, "Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves") is the oldest existing, and most highly revered, collection of Japanese poetry, compiled sometime in the Nara or early Heian periods.
- Kami (神, Kami?) is the Japanese word for the spirits within objects in the Shinto faith. Although the word is sometimes translated as "god" or "deity," Shinto scholars point out that such a translation can cause a serious misunderstanding of the term (Ono, 1962).
A contest entry
- Autumn Haiku by InBetweenThoughts by InBetweenThoughts.
600 points, ended September 28, 2007, 39 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Autumn Haiku II by InBetweenThoughts Finalist of previous contest only, http://allpoetry.com/contest/show/2370440 by InBetweenThoughts.
600 points, ended October 1, 2007, 37 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
Comments
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Excellent poem all round and loved the flow and dept through out yuor info was quite nice and a very nice bonus great job and kepe it up
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Thank you for your patience and for resubmitting your poem!
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An interesting haiku, following the title I expected this to be in waka, the subject is very apt and resonates well, I did find it a little descriptive rather than image based but it works fine and makes an enjoyable read.
Andrew -
Thank you for your wonderful entry and the beautiful image you have painted
?Also thank you for the 411 (info) in your notes Best wishes, Ken IBT
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